It’s an amusing and topical potential scenario to ponder.

An Albion fan relaxing at home, maybe in his favourite armchair, reflects on the season so far.

“I don’t know what that Potter’s playing at,” he grumbles to no one in particular, expressing a gripe about team selection or maybe tactics.

Then suddenly his wife pokes her head around the door and interrupts.

“You’ll never guess who’s on the phone!” she says Graham Potter has not had that just yet as he joins Albion staff in making calls to supporters during the Covid-19 pandemic.

But he would not be surprised if, at some stage, the talk on one of these calls turns from health issues to football.

All part of the job. And of reaching out during these most unusual of times.

“They are really nice conversations,” Potter says of the calls he and many others are making.

“They throw their ideas around about what may happen next year or how to finish the season off.

“Some are more fanciful than others but it’s part of the conversation and something I’ve really enjoyed.”

Asked whether anyone had taken the chance to make a suggestion about the team, he said: “Not yet but I’m sure I’ve got one around the corner.

“That’s the job. That’s the position that I’m in and I have to accept that, that’s for sure.”

Paul Barber, the club’s chief executive and deputy chairman, reports that the club are now getting requests for phone calls.

Not just for a call to be made but for that call to come from a specific member of staff.

“I think I’m at the bottom of the list,” he jokes.

That is all quite light-hearted but there are deeper questions as to how all we are living through now might change attitudes and perspectives.

While Potter has not been talking football during his reach-out calls, the game still dominates his thoughts.

Exceptions to that come when he is looking after his three children, including four-year-old twins.

He has found it easier to switch off from things during a halt in matches which reaches the one-month mark today.

But not as much as you might imagine.

He said: “Just the fact there is not a game every weekend is a huge difference.

“While we know the season is still not complete, it’s not like you switch off totally like you would normally do at the end of a season and that’s your holiday.

“We are in a situation where it’s not so relaxing, with the greatest respect to my family, stuck in with the three kids.

“We are trying to adapt to that situation together and we are like anybody, we have our moments.

“It’s a unique situation, a challenging situation but - speaking to the players as well - it’s not as stressful as when the season is on.

“I think that’s a good thing, that everybody’s families get to see the players and the coaches and the head coach in maybe a little bit more relaxed mood.”

Potter shares the hope of many that the experiences and struggles of this time might change attitudes when normality returns. A nice thought. But, like many, he has his doubts over whether it will actually happen.

He said: “I don’t know how we will all feel.

“You would hope society as a whole has gained some perspective, can think about things maybe in a slightly different way which makes life better. That is what you hope for.

“Then football is just a small aspect of life. You hope that we gain that perspective.

“At the same time, we also know that life is what it is.

“We are not so good at having that perspective over that period of time.

“That is the challenge for human beings.”